iPhone connects and disconnects from Mac

@apple won't fix it because it's coding they put on purpose to sell more phones. The coding affects the charging cycle and adds the count of your charging cycle. so not only does it damage your battery but it also affects your cycle count to void your warranty. This code is not accidental!!! I've used Apple for about 20 years now (before they were main stream). They have sold out. They more and more are obviously focusing on the all mighty dollar and raping their loyal followers. Shame on you Apple, I'd ask how you sleep but this is nothing compared to the slave labour and it's easy to sleep in beautiful homes that our money pays for.

I've been having this problem for some time. I've tried all of the solutions: ensuring my iPhone was more then 50% charged, resetting the network setting, tried different cords, etc. Nothing has worked. As of this week, I can no longer sync my iPhone via Wifi. The sync keeps hanging. What a drag this is.

@Apple Please do something about it, I've tried everything other users have mentioned and it still doesn't work as it should (only thing that helped temporarily was going in the Activity monitor and quitting usbd process, but when I unplugged the iPhone and plugged it back in, the same error). I believe that I'm not the only one who is having this issue. Yes I'm using genuine Apple cable and yes I do know that you rather sell more phones than solving this issue which occurs to some users. Do something about it, for your customer's sake!

Same problem and tried all the rubbish on this site - new Cables , Network settings changed , Time stamps etc - Is there no one in Apple with a Brain or even a suggestion on how to fix this before I go back to an Android and a Windows Laptop - bloody poor support

Have you tried with over 90% battery?

Yes its annoying and defeats the object of having your MacBook even having a USB port but still.

Would be interesting to know.

Would be more interesting if @Apple even cared to assist....

I have the same issue. I have an iPhoneX and a Macbook Air. Whenever I plug in my device just to charge it while I'm using my Mac, a prompt appears telling me to install an update on my iPhone X, when I click "Install" a pop up appears telling me the software is not available. Then it disconnects my iPhone and hence, no longer charging it. But with my old iPhone 5 I don't have an issue such as this one. I already messaged their tech support and provided screenshots but still no solution until now.

I have been suffering with this issue since I got the MacBook, I chose to avoid the problem by using my windows 10 laptop but I want to use the photos app as my iPhone X 256GB is full! has anyone got an actual solution for this as the ones I've tried on here will not work. We don't have an apple shop here in New Zealand so it's difficult to get it looked at.

Thanks,

John.

The thing is, I am using Apple cables, and other i-devices seem to be able to connect to my MacBook Air just fine. This also happened with a previous iPad that I had the same info in. The problem, for me, is that something is wrong with the internal software? (I’m guessing, since anything else works and after backing up my 2nd iPad doesn’t work).

Having the same issue. I've tried everything posted here and none of it resolved the issue. Just tried this my final hope and now I'm unable to even get to iTunes to accept. Phone keeps beeping and vibrating...so frustrating !

This is infuriating! I am doing a video project and I cant get my videos off of my iphone. tried all of the suggestions here. Im paying good money for this phone. Iphone Xr, 2016 macbook pro. Apple you get so much of my money. Im over it. Fix your crap apple. its become junk. outrageous. LEAVE APPLE PPL

After trying all of these and having some temporary success, this seems to have worked, but I won't really believe it for a few days when I see if it comes back or not. But so far, so good. I did have to manually enter the IP address, which I copied from the Wifi information on the Network screen. Crossing my fingers.

This solution did the trick for me. iPhone 7 and Macbook Pro, both with the latest version IOS13. My battery charging is still a little wonky, but I am happy that Photos is not opening and closing in an endless loop! Thanks.....la3

Update:

The problem persists, albeit seemingly less severe. The iPhone doesn't connect and disconnect as viciously as before and after a few back and forths, it stops. But, I still have to open terminal and enter that command for it to calm down.

I should note that I tried deleting all the backups on my computer as well as deactivating Photos from automatically opening (because mentioned in previous comments as helpful).

Result:

Solution did not work. Problem persists.

Thanks mate, it works for me! However after disconnecting the phone the problem come back. I re-done it and back to works again.

Do you know why this started to happen in the first place? I used it for many years with my old Iphone 8 plus but just started after I upgraded to Iphone 11 pro.

I am having same issue with iPhone XR rapidly connecting and disconnecting when I plug it via USB into my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015).

It is interesting to read about all of the solutions that worked, worked only once (or sometimes) or not at all.

It seems like there is not a definite solution that would work for everybody.

Someone mentioned that we pay a lot of money to Apple for their products. So true. We make them soooo rich !!!

So in return, we all deserve things to work together without the problems we're experiencing and that make us scratch our heads and waste our time trying to fix these problems.

At one of his famous keynotes, Steve Jobs said: "It Just Works".

That's what we pay for, that's what we expect and that's what you, Apple, need to get back to.

So Apple folks, please figure this problem out and give us the proper fix.

Thank you,

Bronco Hyrman

Apple User since 1994